Find out what biochar is and how to use it to improve your garden soil.

Biochar is a carbon-containing material formed by the pyrolysis of biomass under anoxic conditions. It features a well-developed pore structure and excellent adsorption performance, and holds ...

Researchers have developed a new strategy to transform microalgae into high-value fuel chemicals more efficiently and cleanly ...

If you take organic waste, subject it to high heat and starve it of oxygen, you will, through a process called pyrolysis, wind up with a pile of char — also known these days as biochar — that doesn’t ...

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In a forested area near the tiny town of Riddle on Oregon’s west side, Ken Carloni kneels to examine a native orchid. His white ponytail juts out from under a newsboy cap. To the south, a mosaic of ...